If only things were so simple. Hey, I'm sure if Africans had a nice stable democracy, with a ludicrously powerful dollar to return to, then they would go home to. The poster before me had simply asked why people in Zimbabwe didn't leave, and we've both given him part of the answer.
One thing that I discovered on my visits to Africa is that it can be extremely difficult for Africans to get visas to enter other counties. They don't have the freedom of movement that we enjoy.
On top of that, many will have responsibilities to support relatives (social security in Zim is very limited), so leaving ain't as easy as it might first appear.
Two and a half years ago, when eircom agreed to implement this 3 strikes rule, Big Media offered eircom a sweetener, which was a free music streaming site for their customers. This was just announced to be closing, so much for the 'carrot' part.
The 3-strikes 'stick' part of their approach is effective, people that have gotten a warning letter have changed their behaviour.... to the point of using less detectable technology such as VPNs or f2f Retroshare
Ireland has a vibrant community of artists and musicians, many of whom are crowdfunding their first releases giving them a direct connection to their fans. People here show a willingness to pay for legal content, itunes (easy to use) and netflix (good value) have both had a big impact here, and globally of course.
These court battles are becoming less and less relevant. We know now that sharing communities and technology will always outpace the enforcers, and also that people will pay for content when it's judged to be affordable and easy to use. Big Media will simply have to learn that lesson and evolve. Those that won't will fade.
It could be an purchased upgrade from Microsoft. I'm not saying this is my preferred technical solution (far from it), just saying that there seems to be market for people that want to stay with XP.
Why not sell them SP4?
I think that the judge is perfectly conscious of the impossibility of removing all copies of the video from the internet, but the young man made the request knowing that it would get all this attention, and help him to clear his name.
When this incident happened, it was a huge new story (in Ireland at least) and a fair few people that I know were unaware that his name was cleared, when the dust settled. This, to me, seems like an effective use of a modified Striesand effect.
I agree with what you've posted and would humbly recommend that EVERYONE interested in this topic spends some time watching the Collateral Murder video. It's chilling and callous and brings home the disgusting reality of a distant brutalisation.
What's really interesting to me is that effort that GM put into killing their excellent electric car, the EV1, on foot of pressure from the oil companies.
The story was revealed in the excellent documentary from 2006, Who Killed the Electric Car? Naratted by Martin Sheen, it's a fascinating story. At the time (~1997), there was legislation relating to Zero Emission Vehicles in California, but a consortium of auto manufacturers were able to oil the legislature and return to business as greasy normal.
All the EV1 were crushed, despite hundreds on the road and a long waiting list to buy others.
The point is that GM knew exactly how to make an EV, knew that the market existed for them, and they certainly weren't doing it from scratch when it came to the Volt.
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Surely such a nice bunch of Christians would just forgive him?
If only things were so simple. Hey, I'm sure if Africans had a nice stable democracy, with a ludicrously powerful dollar to return to, then they would go home to. The poster before me had simply asked why people in Zimbabwe didn't leave, and we've both given him part of the answer.
One thing that I discovered on my visits to Africa is that it can be extremely difficult for Africans to get visas to enter other counties. They don't have the freedom of movement that we enjoy. On top of that, many will have responsibilities to support relatives (social security in Zim is very limited), so leaving ain't as easy as it might first appear.
Two and a half years ago, when eircom agreed to implement this 3 strikes rule, Big Media offered eircom a sweetener, which was a free music streaming site for their customers. This was just announced to be closing, so much for the 'carrot' part.
The 3-strikes 'stick' part of their approach is effective, people that have gotten a warning letter have changed their behaviour.... to the point of using less detectable technology such as VPNs or f2f Retroshare
Ireland has a vibrant community of artists and musicians, many of whom are crowdfunding their first releases giving them a direct connection to their fans. People here show a willingness to pay for legal content, itunes (easy to use) and netflix (good value) have both had a big impact here, and globally of course.
These court battles are becoming less and less relevant. We know now that sharing communities and technology will always outpace the enforcers, and also that people will pay for content when it's judged to be affordable and easy to use. Big Media will simply have to learn that lesson and evolve. Those that won't will fade.
It could be an purchased upgrade from Microsoft. I'm not saying this is my preferred technical solution (far from it), just saying that there seems to be market for people that want to stay with XP. Why not sell them SP4?
Maybe Microsoft could just give all those XP users what they seem to want and release SP4?! Maybe we could get another decade out of it.
When this incident happened, it was a huge new story (in Ireland at least) and a fair few people that I know were unaware that his name was cleared, when the dust settled. This, to me, seems like an effective use of a modified Striesand effect.
I agree with what you've posted and would humbly recommend that EVERYONE interested in this topic spends some time watching the Collateral Murder video. It's chilling and callous and brings home the disgusting reality of a distant brutalisation.
What's really interesting to me is that effort that GM put into killing their excellent electric car, the EV1, on foot of pressure from the oil companies.
The story was revealed in the excellent documentary from 2006, Who Killed the Electric Car? Naratted by Martin Sheen, it's a fascinating story. At the time (~1997), there was legislation relating to Zero Emission Vehicles in California, but a consortium of auto manufacturers were able to oil the legislature and return to business as greasy normal.
All the EV1 were crushed, despite hundreds on the road and a long waiting list to buy others.
One place to watch this video is on youtube- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IENnSK8Q6nE
The point is that GM knew exactly how to make an EV, knew that the market existed for them, and they certainly weren't doing it from scratch when it came to the Volt.